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News
With 11 cars on the property of historic Piedmont Dragway on Sept. 5, the stage was set for a great qualifying show with a...
News
During the first two weeks of August, circumstances arose that caused the actual Big Dog Shootout to be held on the 15th. A national...
News
With only three races so far this season, there have now been three different drivers to win the prestigious “Dog” that is the Big...
Features
One of my favorite quotes comes from the great author Earnest Hemingway. He was quoted as saying that there were actually three true sports...
News
The 2024 Big Dog Shootout season at North Carolina’s Piedmont Dragway started off with huge expectations that were quickly blown away by Mother Nature...
Features
As most of you read my very humble attempt to pay tribute to one of drag racing’s greats, you are thinking David James Turner,...
Exclusive
It was just a year ago that Jamie and Gina Chappell, Justin Carmack, Terry Coyle, Chuck Ford, Robbie Matthews, and the rest of the...
News
The 2023 season for Big Dog Shootout competitors is complete. All six races were contested in the most highly contested season in many years....
News
As most followers of fast doorslammer racing know, there have been only two individuals able to win two of the porcelain dogs that are...
News
In the second Outlaw 4.70 event at Mooresville Motorsports Complex, a total of 18 cars took a time in order to set the field...
News
With clear skies in the Carolinas for a change, the May 2023 edition of Piedmont Dragway’s Big Dog Shootout went off on schedule. With...
News
In the world of fast doorslammer racing, it has been written in many places that the fastest growing segment of our sport is the...
Exclusive
As any of you who follow fast doorslammer racing in the Carolinas knows, there are several drivers that will put a holeshot on you...
Features
The racing season begins in the Carolinas and Virginia each February with the Shriners’ Hot Rod & Drag Expo at the centrally located Greensboro,...
News
Anytime the conversation involves fast doorslammer racing, particularly Top Sportsman, there are events all over the country. Just check out the entry list at...
News
For all those people who follow the Big Dog Shootout at historic Piedmont Dragway, the typical wisdom would have been to think that Brian...
News
August of 2017 was typical weather in the Carolinas, with high heat and humidity. With a track cleanup under way, Jamie Chappell and his...
Blogs
With 12 cars on the property, it goes without saying that the Big Dog Shootout, once given up for dead, is back. On this...
Exclusive
In my research for this tribute to an old friend, Wally Bell, I realized there have been too many tributes in the last couple...
News
In a scene from several seasons back, the grounds surrounding the “Doorslammer Capital of the World,” North Carolina’s Piedmont Dragway, was full of cars,...
News
June’s edition of the world-famous Big Dog Shootout turned out to be a two-day event due to the lightning show and storm that appeared...
Exclusive
In the two weeks leading up to the May edition of historic Piedmont Dragway’s Big Dog Shootout, a series of events were taking place...
News
From the last race of 2021 until the week of the first 2022 event, rules were changed and adjusted and tweeked for the Big...
News
With the next to the last event for the Mad Dawg 4.50 drivers taking place at Farmington Dragway, everyone knew they would have to...
Features
J & R Productions Top Dog Quick 16 has held one event this season, previous to the August 7 event with a third coming...
Exclusive
When SEGA founder Quain Stott began his description of what was about to happen during their recent event at historic Farmington Dragway, you couldn’t...
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With 2020 finally behind us, everyone, including fans, drivers, and track operators, were ready to begin the 2021 season. Unfortunately, the weather in the...
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David Bishop, the founder of East Coast Drag News and a former Drag Illustrated contributor, passed away January 12 at the age of 73. In...
News
With all the uncertainty that surrounded this 2020 racing season, Piedmont Dragway, “the DoorSlammer Capital of the World,” was able to have a full...
News
With Jason Harris sewing up his first-ever Big Dog Shootout title after 13 years of trying, everyone knew going into the October event that...
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Hall of Fame Pro Stock driver and engine builder Mike Kennedy passed away Tuesday, Sept. 1 at 73. His longtime friend and DI contributor,...
